Art can change the world, but I'm not prepared to put Reichen Lehmkuhl's new Don't Ask, Don't Tell protest song, "Up to the Sky," in the "world-changing" category. Or the "art" one.

The former Air Force officer, Lance Bass-dater, and Amazing Race winner wrote, played guitar on, and did the vocals for the ballad, which was depicted in all its cringeworthiness Monday night on his Logo reality show The A-List: New York.

So, yeah. The single isn't going to be the final nail in DADT's flag-draped coffin, which is just as well since I'm with Mattilda, Lady Bunny, and tons of other queers on the issue. Nice try, though.

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